Château Les Carmes Haut-Brion 2019
Red wine | Pessac-Léognan AC
Under the classic elegance of Pessac-Léognan, the great Carmes wine unfolds a unique score. Cabernet Franc, in unprecedented proportions, offers silky power, relayed by the intensity of Cabernet Sauvignon. On this structure, Merlot develops a round and fine fruit: the balance is there and guarantees a style that is as complex as it is delicious.
- France Bordeaux
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Cabernet Franc
Cabernet Sauvignon
Merlot - 5 - 25 years
- 13.50% vol.
A beautiful dark and intense purple red, with almost black reflections.
Beautiful aromatic complexity, with nuances of blackcurrant, black cherry, blackberry jelly, dark chocolate and licorice, followed by floral notes and a slight touch of salinity and graphite.
Fleshy entry in the mouth and meticulous in its texture, the wine shines with its touch and its flesh in the mid-palate, melting on the palate, juicy, nuanced, complex, deep and noble in a superb construction. A sophisticated, pure and deep vintage.
Charcuterie, meat and game terrine, stuffed turkey, oven roast, T-bone steak, café de Paris entrecôte, leg of lamb, royal couscous, venison couscous, soft cheese, dark chocolate fondant.
Serving temperature: 16 - 18°C
The ten hectares of land are divided between gravel, clay and sand. It is the affinities of the land which guided the grape varieties. Cabernet Franc (39%) and Cabernet Sauvignon (20%), further on, Merlot (41%) is growing. A plant mosaic which establishes the atypical profile of the estate.
Manual harvest, vatting for 35 days, aging in oak barrels (70% new wood, 20% tuns and 10% in terracotta jars) for 24 months.
Cork
Wooden box
Château Les Carmes Haut-Brion
Patrice Pichet acquired the Carmes estate at the end of 2010. The investment, of course, has a taste for challenge but also serves an authentic passion for wine, carrying the most beautiful ambitions. Inaugurated in 2016, the new winery designed by Philippe Starck and Luc Arsène-Henry marks a new era at the château. Between a work of art and a cutting-edge tool, it embodies a renewed ambition for excellence. Les Carmes Haut-Brion, pride of the estate, the great wine plays a successful art of synthesis, between strength and finesse, radiance and depth.